To celebrate the launch of LightPaint Lab, I thought it would be a good idea to hold a Lightpainting Photowalk here in Sydney. After spending about 3 months in front of a screen getting the website ready whilst still working on editing videos & photos for clients, it was about time to get out, pick up the Camera, LED Lights, Steelwool and have a little fun. To be honest, I was wondering if anyone is going to show up at all, you never know with these sort of things. The response had been good in the lead up, but I did not expect such an overwhelming response. I didn’t do an official head-count but I believe there were close to 40 photographers altogether, some even travelled from as far as Nowra and the Central Coast. There were a lot of familiar faces and a lot of people that I have only met online before, it was great to finally meet them in person and have a chat.

To start, I ran a little workshop with the aim of getting everyone up to speed with the basics. We then moved over in to the far corner of the beach where it was dark enough. Even though there were many that already had some experience in Lightpainting Photography, I tried to keep things fairly simple so that everyone could get the most out of our more experimental shots later on. Basically I just explained the principles of Lightpainting photography and the best settings to use to capture Light Trails in long exposures. For the first setup I just used a simple LED Torch for a little bit of Light Graffiti, before we moved on to using the Rainbow-LED Stick, Steelwool, Fire-Poi and staffs, Orbs and more. Here are some of my photos from the night, there are not many (I was having too much fun teaching and operating all the fun LED Gadgets).

It was my hope that everyone there would learn something new and walk away at least with one great photo – and I think most people did. The overwhelming response to the Photowalk and the encouragement I received from everyone, prompted me to start putting together a LightPainting Photography Course and a MasterClass for more advanced Lightpainters. These classes should be up in the coming weeks and I am already planning for the next free photowalk so please stay tuned by signing up to the newsletter and following us on facebook, twitter and Google+ . Continue Reading..

Finally, after 6 challenging weeks of web design, countless coffees and sorting through Lightroom archives, it’s finally done. I am sure you all have a few questions about this new venture of mine and I am going to try to answer a few of them here in this post.

Why the name “Lightpaint Lab” ?

I have always been fascinated by Lightpainting photography and am delighted to be able to share what I know with you. It is interesting to note, that the word “photography” was created from the greek roots phōtos, genitive phōs ”light” and graphé ”drawing”, together meaning “drawing with light”. Which in essence makes every photograph, painting with light.

I really like the idea of a Laboratory. It means I can experiment, to constantly try new things and push the boundaries of what’s possible but at the same time allow myself to make mistakes and evolve. By the way if you find any spelling mistakes or find something is not working on the site, please let me know.

Secondly a lab is also a place to collaborate and work together. This is a big part of LightPainting, more often than not am I working with someone to create the images you see here. Eventually I would love to make LightPaint Lab a hub for the best Lightpainting Artists around.

Lastly when I hear the word lab I immediately imagine the smell of the chemicals in my old analog darkroom (may it rest in peace) . Crafting and delivering the best in fine art prints is a big part of this business and soon you will be able to purchase these from our gallery.